Head and back rest



C. GURNBY. i HEAD AND BACK REST.

No. @7.311. Patented. May 6, 1890.

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'connection with almost any form of seat or UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES GURNEY, OF PIFFARD, NEW YORK.

HEAD AND BACK REST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 427,311, dated May 6,1890.

Application led October 12, 1889.

To all whom. it 11i/Cty concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES GURNEY, of Piffard, in the county ofLivingston and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Headand Back Rest, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to a portable back and head rest, and it isapplicable for use in chair, but is designed more especially for use inconnection with a railway-car seat, the object of the invention being toprovide for compact folding of the parts employed to make the head andback rest, and at the same time to provide for the adjustment of thesaid parts, so that they may be brought to fit the person of almost anyuser.

Reference is to be'had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a face view of the improved back and head rest, parts beingbroken away. Fig. 2 is a back view of the same. Fig. 3 is a..centralsectional elevation thereof. Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view on theline of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional View on the line y y ofFig. 3.

In the drawings, 10 represents a case, in the back of which there is aslot or opening 11, the forward portion of the case being upholstered,as shown at 12. To the back of the case 10 there are secured twoforwardly-extending grooved strips 13, two grooves being formed in eachof the said strips. In the rear grooves of each strip there is mounted aplate 14, near the upper end of which there is hinged an arm or support15,which arm or support maybe moved to the position in which it is shownin Fig. 3, and folded down in the direction indicated by dotted lines inthe said figure. In the forward grooves of the strips 13, I mount astandard 16, which may be moved upward or downward and held in theposition to which it may be adjusted by a set or binding screw 17. Thestandard 16 carries a U-shaped spring 18, and this spring in turncarries ahead-rest 19, the head-rest being adj usted to such an angle asmay be required by means of adj usting-screws 20, that pass through thebody of the spring 18. To the lowerforward edge of the case 10, I hingea case Serial No. 326,842. (No model.)

21, the forward face of which is upholstered, and within this case 21,1iitl transverse strips 22, 22, and 22h, said strips being undercut andserving as guides for projections 23 and 23, said projections beingcarried by wings 24, that normally rest as represented in full lines inFig. 1, but which may be drawn outward to the position indicated bydotted lines in said figure and in Fig. 5.

In use the several parts of my improved back and head rest are adjustedas represented in the drawings, a proper adjustment to the particularform of the person using the head-rest being obtained by moving out thewings 24 and by adjusting the head-rest to a proper position; but whenit is desired to transport or carry the rest the arm 15 is folded down,the lower case 21 is folded up to the position indicated by dotted linein Fig. 3, and the standardV 16 is removed and placed along the back ofthe case 10. When the rest is used,the arm 15 is passed over the top ofthe back of the seat occupied by the user, and being so adjusted ayielding motion is imparted to the rest through the medium of a spring25, that is connected to the lower end of the strip 14and to the casing10, as shown.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. In a head and back rest, thecombination,with a casing having an opening in its back, of a spring pressed platemounted in the casing and an arm hinged to the said plate, substantiallyas described.

2. The combination, with an upper casing, of a lower casing hingedthereto, a standard adjustably held within the upper casing, a springcarried by the standard, a head-rest carried by the spring, a stripmounted within the upper casing, a spring arranged in connection withthe strip, and an arm hinged to the strip and arranged to extend totherear from the casing.

3. In a head and baci; rest, the combination, with a casing providedwith guideways, of wings provided with projections extending at rightangles thereto and sliding in the said guideways, the said wings restingnormally against the casing, substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

4; In a head and back rest, the combinaranged under the lower end of theplate or strip, an arm hinged to the upper end of the plate or strip, 2Llower easing hinged to the upper easing, and extensible wings carried byI 5 the lower casing, substantially as herein shown and described.

CHARLES GURNEY.

Vitnesses:

E. M. STRoUD, C. H. RooT.

